Deteronomi 22
1 Soki omoni meme to ngombe ya ndeko na yo ezali koyengayenga, kotala yango pamba te, kasi kanga yango mpe zongisa yango epai ya nkolo na yango.
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother.
2 Soki ndeko yango avandaka pembeni na yo te to oyebi ye te, mema yango na ndako na yo mpe bomba yango kino akoya koluka yango, bongo okozongisela ye yango.
And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him.
3 Okosala ndenge moko soki omoni ane ya ndeko na yo to kazaka na ye to eloko mosusu oyo ye abungisi. Kotala yango na pamba te.
And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself.
4 Soki omoni ane ya ndeko na yo to ngombe na ye ekweyi na nzela, kotala yango na pamba te; osalisa ndeko na yo mpo na kotelemisa yango.
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
5 Mwasi akoki kolata bilamba ya mibali te to mpe mobali akoki te kolata bilamba ya basi, pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, ayinaka moto nyonso oyo asalaka makambo ya ndenge wana.
A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
6 Soki omoni zala ya ndeke pembeni ya nzela, ezala likolo ya nzete to na mabele, mpe mama ya ndeke evandeli bana to maki, kozwa te mama elongo na bana.
If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
7 Osengeli kozwa bana, kasi kotika mama ete ekende mpo ete ozala moto ya esengo mpe ozala na bomoi molayi.
thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
8 Tango okotonga ndako ya sika, kozanga te kotonga mir ya mokuse zingazinga ya motondo mpo ete omema ngambo ya makila te na ndako na yo soki moto akweyi likolo ya motondo.
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
9 Kolona te lolenge mibale ya nkona na elanga na yo ya vino; noki te nyonso ekokoma bule: oyo okolona mpe bambuma ya elanga na yo ya vino.
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which thou hast sown, and the increase of the vineyard.
10 Okoki kosangisa te na libaya moko, ngombe mpe ane mpo na kobalola mabele.
Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
11 Okoki kolata te bilamba oyo basala na bapwale ya meme mpe na lino.
Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together.
12 Okotia basinga na basonge minei ya elamba oyo okolata.
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
13 Soki mobali abali mwasi mpe, sima na kosangisa na ye nzoto, asepeli na ye lisusu te,
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
14 alobi ete ezaleli ya mwasi yango ezali mabe, bongo apanzi ye sango ya mabe na koloba: « Nabalaki mwasi oyo, kasi tango nasangisi na ye nzoto, namoni ete ayebaki nzoto ya mibali, »
and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;
15 wana tata mpe mama ya mwana mwasi, basengeli kolakisa epai na bampaka, na bikuke ya engumba, bilembo oyo ezali kolakisa ete mwana na bango ya mwasi ayebaki nzoto nanu ya mibali te.
then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;
16 Tata ya mwana mwasi akoloba na bampaka: « Nabalisaki mwana na ngai ya mwasi na mobali oyo, kasi asepeli na ye lisusu te;
and the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
17 amoni ete ezaleli ya mwana na ngai ya mwasi ezali malamu te, yango wana alobi: ‹ Mwana mwasi oyo ayebaki nzoto ya mibali. › Kasi tala bilembo oyo ezali kolakisa ete mwana na ngai ya mwasi ayebaki nanu nzoto ya mibali te. » Boye baboti ya mwana mwasi bakofungola elamba liboso ya bampaka ya engumba,
and, lo, he hath laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
18 mpe bampaka ya engumba bakozwa mobali yango mpe bakopesa ye etumbu:
And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;
19 bakofutisa ye lomande ya mbongo ya bibende ya palata, nkama moko, mpe bakopesa yango epai ya tata ya mwana mwasi, pamba te mobali oyo asambwisi elenge mwasi ya Isalaele oyo ayebaki nanu nzoto ya mibali te mpe akokoba kozala mwasi na ye: akoki kokabwana na ye te mikolo nyonso ya bomoi na ye.
and they shall fine him a hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
20 Kasi soki makambo oyo bafundeli ye ezali ya solo, mpe ezali ata na elamba moko te oyo ezali kotalisa ete ayebaki nanu nzoto ya mibali te,
But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;
21 esengeli bamema ye libanda ya ndako ya tata na ye, mpe kuna bato ya engumba na ye bakobamba ye mabanga kino akokufa: asalaki likambo ya soni kati na Isalaele na kosalaka kindumba tango azalaki na ndako ya tata na ye. Na nzela wana nde bosengeli kolongola mabe kati na bino.
then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
22 Soki bakangi mobali azali kosangisa nzoto na mwasi ya mobali mosusu, bango nyonso mibale basengeli kokufa. Na nzela wana nde bosengeli kolongola mabe kati na Isalaele.
If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.
23 Soki kati na engumba mobali moko akutani na elenge mwasi oyo ayebi nanu nzoto ya mibali te bongo asangisi na ye nzoto, nzokande elenge mwasi yango azali na mobali oyo alingi kobala ye,
If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
24 bokomema bango mibale na ekuke ya engumba wana mpe kobamba bango mabanga kino bakokufa. Bokoboma mwana mwasi, pamba te azalaki kati na engumba kasi agangaki te mpo ete baya kosunga ye; bokoboma mobali, pamba te asangisaki nzoto na makasi na mwasi ya mobali mosusu. Na nzela wana nde bosengeli kolongola mabe kati na bino.
then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them to death with stones; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor’s wife: so thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.
25 Soki mobali akoti na zamba na mwasi oyo ayebi nanu nzoto ya mibali te mpe asangisi na ye nzoto na makasi, nzokande mwasi yango azali na mobali oyo alingi kobala ye, kaka mobali oyo asali likambo wana nde asengeli kokufa.
But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die:
26 Bokosala likambo moko te epai ya mwana mwasi, pamba te asali lisumu moko te oyo ekoki komema ye na kufa. Likambo oyo ekokani na moto oyo abundisi moninga na ye mpe abomi ye.
but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter;
27 Pamba te mobali wana akutanaki na mwasi wana na zamba, mpe mwana mwasi wana akokaki koganga na ndenge nyonso alingi, kasi moto moko te akokaki komonana kuna mpo na kosunga ye.
for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
28 Soki mobali akutani na elenge mwasi, oyo ayebi nanu nzoto ya mibali te mpe azali te na mobali oyo alingi kobala ye, asangisi na ye nzoto na makasi, mpe bomoni bango;
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
29 mobali wana asengeli kofuta mbongo ya bibende ya palata, tuku mitano epai ya tata ya elenge mwasi, asengeli kobala elenge mwasi yango; pamba te asangisi na ye nzoto na makasi: akoki kokabwana na ye te mikolo nyonso ya bomoi na ye.
then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
30 Mwana mobali moko te akoki kobala mwasi ya tata na ye, noki te akosambwisa mbeto ya tata na ye.
A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.
